Lunch Variety

by Meghann on May 7, 2009

I had been looking forward to my lunch all morning as I carefully constructed it’s contents in my head. I was craving a bunch of things at once, so I incorporated it all into a platter lunch. This way I got a little taste of everything and it forces me to stop and enjoy my food as I use my hands to take bites.

There was a lot of chewing, crunching and num num numming as a result of this plate.

This time I used it as a dipping tool for the assortment of Pears, Carrots and Tempeh(Yes, I dipped my Tempeh in the nut butter) on my plate.

The dipping of the fruit, veggies and protein really forced me to stop and taste the nut butter. The combination of the 4 nuts blended smoothly into this flavorful concoction and it made me wonder why people don’t combine nuts in nut butters more often. I mean seriously what else could we have been missing out on there? If and when I finally get a decent food processor that will create a decent nut butter I promise to have a combination of every nut known to man out there. Don’t be surprised if I make a 7 nut butter..lol

To round out my yummy plate I also had left over Steamed Green Beans and a few Mary’s Gone Crackers for crunch.

These babies are like mini chewy cookies made of nothing but Cashews, Mango, papaya, Pineapple, Coconut and Spices.

Upon first bite, I was reminded of tropical fruit leather. I am very sad that the cashew did not have a more prominent flavor, but overall the tropical flavor was definitely there with all of the lovely tropical fruits shining through.

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I think it is so ironic that your blog is one of my most favorite food blogs because you come up with some of the craziest mixtures of food…and I NEVER mix food together…for some reason! For example, I eat yogurt, cereal, and oatmeal in the morning, ALL SEPARATE! HAHA…weird, huh?!

I love the combo ideas too – I put all sorts of wacky stuff together (I share your love of BBQ sauce), so its nice to see there is someone else out there… My husband thinks I’m nuts … until he tries it!

you know when I want a bunch of things, I just dish up little servings of each…and keep going back in to get the other thing. Why didn’t it occur to me to make one pretty looking plate, so I wouldn’t have to get up after every 4 bites to go get something.